Event Information

Date and Time

Location

Description

Jewelry designer, collector and educator Cathy Gins exhibits magical dioramas of Visions from Jewelry Dreams at her West Village studio during NYCJW.

“I dreamed that my jewelry asked if it was still beautiful if no one saw it, and then asked me to give it new life. I heard that my crystal chains wanted to be rain, and that an opal stone wanted to be a mother. I saw that that zebras live in oceans, that sapphires and diamonds are plucked from the sky by angels, and that Jesus caught a fish wrapped in gold. I dreamed that I had so many dreams that I put each one in a box with windows so I could look inside to remember them. When I woke up the boxes were here, these dioramas of my Jewelry Dreams.”

Cathy Gins combines vintage jewelry and objects from a lifetime of creating and collecting to create her visionary scenes set in custom lit dioramas. Her many inspirations include the work of Gene Moore for Tiffany’s; Joseph Cornell; Jean Derain and the dioramas at Museum of Natural History. Honoring the integrity of jewelry, pieces can be taken out of the dioramas to be worn as originally designed.

Join Cathy Gins in the studio November 14th - 17th, from 3:00pm - 7:00pm. Beverages will be served each day.

An Opening Reception takes place on Thursday, November 15th from 3:00pm - 7:00pm.